I picked up several logs today, had been told it was Ash. The odd thing I noticed is that the cut ends on some of the logs have taken on quite a rather dark pink tinge in a little over 8 Hours. I haven't been able to find reference to Ash and pink, so was wondering if anyone here has seen it, or should I be looking to identify it as something else.
Depending on where it is from, ash can have a pinkish hue. Here in central Alabama, north of a line about 2/3'rds of the way down, ash has a pinkish hue. South of that line it has a blue hue and in the Panhandle of Florida it can have a dark brown hue.
From what I understand, this is caused by a fungus and has no adverse effect on the wood, except for the coloration.
Deb
Not sure where I fall into on that scale as I am South UK :)
But at least it can be pink:) I will have a look in the morning to see how much darker it has got
I got some fresh cut european sycamore that bled orange when left standing on end. Sliced it up on the bandsaw and got light orange rough boards - some with a nice salmon color. (2 photos at the bottom of the following page)
John - In UK anyway , fresh cut ash will go a bit pink , but it will mellow back to a cream / brown
In message , geoff snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com writes
Hi Geoff, many thanks. I chopped some of the logs with the chainsaw today and inside it was as I would expect Ash to be, but I did notice within minutes the new cut was starting to turn pink. Some of the pieces that had been cut before had nearly got to red
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